The Penn's Grove record., 1887-09-17
County News.

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County News.
John G. Foster Post. No. 81, Grand
Army Of the Il, public, of Woodstown,
has disha.Ided because of the small
number who attended the camp fires.
II was organized in 1881 with seven,
teen members and fifteen additional
recruits we're from time to time mus
tered into the ranks Of this small com
pany of ex-soldiers Of the Ciyit War.
The Posts flag was given to the Woods
town Borough Council.
William L. Flitcraft, of Woodstown
has instituted suit for Islander against
William l.. Taylor and y. Linwood
Hates, editors of the Woodstown Reg
lister. The suit ARTISTS iron, an article
| published in the Register about two
weeks ago, charging Mi. Flitcraft with
being implicated ia Al alleged conspira-
CIV against Postmaster French, Woods
town, for tile purpose of having him
removed from office. fhe prelimin-
AIRY papers i'll the case were served OH
Friday of last week. MI. FIitcraft puts
his damages at $1,000.
Sometime bgo. an agent uf the State
Board OF Health declared that II drove
OF horses belonging 10 Tut q Fox, OF
Salem, brought by them from The West
was ati with glanders and persist
I'd III Killing several valued at 590O.
Turf 81 FOX had Il pOstihuItem held
aud made the health officer admit that
the animals had not the CHAMBERS.
They propose to recover damages from
the State.
Joseph Ii. Reading who has been COLI
Quoting "a large dry goods store III
WoodsLuwn, has sold ltis large stock
OF merchandise To w. IL. Thompson IL
Co., of Salem. Mr.. Heading will re-
turn as IA missionary 20 Africa under
the Presbyterian Board.
Andrew jackson, eololrd, OF Clays-
vile, is langulsliing III jail Tor beating
his wife.
SAYS the Woodstown MoitttOr: The
tltistrees of the new district (NO. 81
that was land fir, III tie Yorktown dis
Il icL this year have secured Miss Gun
as t. acher, but when she entered OF llel
duties on Monday it W.,s to empty
benches, no scholars being present.
IL will he remembered that this dis
trict was laid out to contain rs many
AS Tie colortd iuiniles "a possible Oh
account of the difficulty thai occurred
las, SPRING at the YORKTOWN school
The new district contains ONLY
i've white families and il w;rs decided
TO appoint colored trustees, out none
could lie found who would accept the
position. john X. Deacon. Jacob DATE
ahd JoAu. Hjscott were accordingly APP
pointed and they have decided that
Miss Cuff shall keep the school open
during school hours, pupils or nopupils.
a, the regular meeting of the Salem
County Historical Society, held in 'Sa-
lem last week, Thomas SliJurds pre-
scented the Society with II very yalua-
BILE book, with maps ing the Penn
claim of The twelve mile circle at New
Castle, ard printed by order OF the
State "a number OF years ago. There
Was also a very INTEREST," il 9 article read
the old lraveyaIds of salem county.
among which was notice. the follGw'
ing st. George'S cemetery, in Lower
P-nn'> Neck an old graveyard near
~tohanse,, ~ neglected graveyard, J"
tie family graves OF Capt. Smith, on
the stage road from Quia:on to Jeri-
cho; another old burial place, on the
farm OF Harmon Nixots, ih Upper
Pittsgrnvr; AN Old Friends graveyard
between Alloway and Pentonville. on
the farm of Howard Thomas; "a fami-
~ graveyard of Paul Scull. near All
burn; an ancient graveyard in Elsin-
bore, aud the Almslioust cemetesy.
The caaning factories of Salem are
only receiving a meagre supply of to-
matoes. and the crop in this immediate
sectinn will be very light. On the low
land it is II failure High, poor land
has produced the crop this season, On
rich land there IL an 0verabundance OF
vines. while on meadow land the coI-
linuous rains have killed the VINES in
many places.
job Or Scom. at l.. A. Creek out of
curiosity. last May buried thirty log
gerhead eggs in his garden. Being
informed they would hatch in Sepiein-
Der. one last week uneartlied them and
found twenty-eight about the size of
quarter dollars. He says they Were
corded ~ on top of each other, and
presented a curious sight.